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One of 148 National Register listings published here for San Diego County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hotel Charlotta
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 637 S. Upas, Escondido, 92025
- When was it listed? January 1993
- Category. building
- Census division. Oceanside-Escondido
- National Register reference number. 92001752 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1893 to 1996The ground this property stands on, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
258 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Hotel Charlotta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,803 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 153 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | HARMONY |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | CENTER 2 |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | San Diego Unit | LILAC |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | San Diego Unit | WILKES |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | MEDICAL AID |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Hotel Charlotta: 16 past producers, 12 producers, 8 prospects, 3 unknowns. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bly Stone Co | Stone | Producer | ||
| Cleveland-Pacific Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Cleveland-Pacific Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Haborlite Corporation | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Escondido Sand and Gravel Works | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Hodges Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| San Marcos Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Pasqual Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Talone Ranch Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Escondido, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 flood, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain, 3 wildfire. The reports record 7 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2003 | Wildfire | Escondido | 6 hurt, $21,500,000 | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Flood | Escondido | 1 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2001 | Flood | Escondido | $350,000 | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Escondido | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Lightning | Escondido | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flood | Escondido | $12,000 | Heavy runoff in Spring Valley Creek caused 1.5 feet of water to flood Quarry Road and forced road closure for ten hours. Flooding in Escondido Creek caused water to run across County Club Road for two hours. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Escondido | $5,000 | Quarter size hail accumulated over one inch deep in southwest Escondido. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Escondido | $5,000 | Creeks in the Harmony Grove area overflowed from heavy runoff, sending a river of water two to three feet deep rushing over Harmony Grove Rd. near Country Club Dr. Other roads in the area also had to be closed due to swift moving runoff and flooding. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Escondido | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Heavy Rain | Escondido | - | Heavy rain with a few embedded thunderstorms occurred mainly over the San Diego County Valleys on January 30th, generally between the hours of 11 AM and 6 PM. Rainfall totals of 0.50-1.00 inch were common, with a few localized areas near San Marcos and Escondido receiving about 1.10 inches. |
| December 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Escondido | - | Broadcast media reported a funnel cloud in Escondido around 1500 PST on December 6th. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Escondido | - | Thunderstorms produced widespread accumulations of hail across San Diego County. Most of the hailstones that fell were between 1/4 and 1/2 inch in diameter, however, a few of the stronger thunderstorms produced hailstones that measured one inch in diameter. |
| February 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Escondido | - | Several funnel clouds were sighted. |
| December 1995 | Hail | Escondido | - | A thunderstorm produced small hail up to three inches deep in the Friendly Hills Mobile Home Park. The weight of the hail apparantly caused the collapse of a carport onto a car with minor damage. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Escondido | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Flood | Escondido | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Flood | Escondido | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Escondido | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Heavy Rain | Escondido | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Heavy Rain | Escondido | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1893 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Howell House | 0.9 miles | 1992 |
 | Thomas House | 1.0 miles | 1992 |
 | A.H. Beach House | 1.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Bandy House | 4.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Bumann Ranch | 7.3 miles | 2020 |
| George A. C. Christiancy House | 7.9 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92001752 in Record Group 79. |
| San Diego County | All 148 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.